Features:
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The Blue Heat/PCI 485 are high performance multi-port serial adapters
for PCI Bus compatible computers. Blue Heat/PCI 485 boards provide
cost effective, high performance solutions for your multi-channel serial
I/O requirements.
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Comes in eight, four and two port densities with RS485 and RS232 line interfaces.
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Supports baud rates up to 921.6 Kbps!
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High performance UART's control each port providing 128 bytes of transmit and receive FIFO buffers, automatic flow and RS485 control.
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Independent port configuration with baud rates from 50 bps to 921.6 Kbps; data bits of 5, 6, 7, or 8; stop bits of 1, 1.5, or 2,
and odd, even, or stick parity.
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Full modem control signals on all RS232 ports, TX, RX, RTS and CTS offered on RS485 ports.
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Supports all three RS485 modes
- Full Duplex with RTS/CTS flow control
- Half Duplex with Auto TxD echo cancellation
- Multi-drop Slave offers 4 wire full duplex communication of multi-drop devices.
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A choice of a DB9 or DB25 cable harness or DB9 external connector box ( custom connector solutions offered as well ).
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Low cost Multi-strike surge protection IEC1000-4 compatible on all signals, all ports.
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Easy installation with no DIP switches or jumpers to set - fully PCI 2.1 compliant plug and play (PnP).
Benefits
High Speed, High Performance Communications
Rapid data transfer rates up to 921.6 Kbps on all ports and a fully featured RS485 interface make Blue Heat/PCI 485 boards ideal connections to bar code
readers, weigh scales, POS equipment, high speed modems, ISDN terminal adapters and more. State of the art quad UART's with 128 bytes of transmit and
receive FIFO buffers offload interrupt handling and buffering from the main CPU, thus improving overall system performance. The PCI bus interface offers
high bus bandwidth for your data communications.
Hardware Flexibility
Blue Heat/PCI 485 offers hardware flexibility and adaptability for your application. You can configure each port's baud rate, parity, data and stop bits
independently. All ports offer full modem control and Blue Heat/PCI 485 adapters offer various connector options to suit your needs.
Hardware Reliability
The Blue Heat/PCI 485 adapters provide IEC1000-4 compatible Transient Voltage Suppression (Surge Suppression) on all signals, all ports. Protection
against electrical disturbances, spikes and surges means less failures and less costly downtime. Surges and Spikes
are safely shunted away from circuits to frame
ground, not circuit ground, using state of the art miniature surge suppression devices.
Superior RS-485 Interface
The Blue Heat/PCI 485 has a full featured RS-485 interface. The interface features termination and bias resistors on the RX+/- and CTS+/- lines. It also
features full support in hardware for all three RS-485 modes, Full Duplex ( 4-wire ), Multi-Drop Slave ( 4-wire multi-dropped ) and 1/2 Duplex
(2-wire multi-dropped). The RS-485 modes are controlled using the provided utility programs.
Software Compatibility
Blue Heat/PCI 485 boards currently have support for these operating systems.
- Solaris (Coming soon)
- Linux
- QNX 4.2X
- QNX Neutrino
- SCO UnixWare
- Windows 95/98/Me/XP
- Windows 2000
- Windows NT 4.0
- Windows CE
- Windows 2003
- Contact
 for the most recent list.
Easy to Use
To get you up and running in no time, the Blue Heat/PCI 485 adapters come ready for simple installation with no DIP switches or jumpers to set. Included are
board, cable assembly, driver software, software utilities and a comprehensive manual.
Quality
Connect Tech strives to manufacture quality products, quality improves reliability and
reliability is key to functioning in today's demanding environments.
All Connect Tech PCI bus serial cards are built using 4 and 6 layer
Printed Circuit Boards ( PCB's ) with power and ground planes. The use of
power and ground planes on PCB's helps to lower Radiated Emissions from
the circuitry and give better signal integrity which allows for better
performance. The Blue Heat/PCI products meet or exceed all PCI
specifications. We ensure that the ALL PCI gold fingers providing
power are adequately decoupled to the power and ground planes using
decoupling capacitors. Proper decoupling ensures that PCI bus signal
integrity is maintained and that current fluctuations on the Blue Heat/PCI
don't adversely affect other cards on the PCI bus, and vice versa. We also
ensure that the JTAG boundary scan fingers on the PCI bus are connected,
this ensures that JTAG boundary scan systems will work when needed. We
also ensure that ALL PCI bus signals do not exceed the
specified length, or meet exact length requirements where mandated.
Connect Tech manufactures all products to strict
ISO9001 standards and ensures that the products are assembled and
tested in an Electrostatic safe environment. Furthermore we package all
circuit boards in a sealed Electrostatic safe bag, to ensure no
Electrostatic damage will occur during shipping and handling. Connect Tech
fully tests each product before shipping to ensure that the product
performs to specification.
Some other competing products don't meet all the above
strict requirements, this allows them to cut costs by cutting corners,
cutting corners means you may have an unreliable product that may not
perform as expected, or may adversely effect other components in your
computer system. Connect Tech's commitment to quality ensures that your
products will be reliable and perform trouble free for many, many
years.
Diagnostic Tools
Blue Heat/PCI adapters include the software data line analyser for Windows95, SeePORT. SeePORT helps you to diagnose
communication problems and therefore minimize downtime. Future SeePORT support will include Windows NT and QNX4.2X.
Follow this link to download SeePORT for Windows95.
Warranty and Service
Connect Tech has provided high performance communication solutions since 1985 by building
and testing products to meet high standards of quality and reliability.
Blue Heat/PCI adapters are covered with a one year warranty.
Specifications
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Blue Heat /PCI RS485
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| Number of Ports |
Eight, Four or Two. |
| Available Line Standard Mix |
- 8 x RS485
- 4 x RS232 + 4 x RS485
- 4 x RS485
- 2 x RS232 + 2 x RS485
- 2 x RS485
On boards with RS232, the RS232 ports are the first ports.
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| Connectors |
- 8 port DB9 male cable assembly or DB-9 male connector box.
- 8 port DB-25 male cable assembly.
- 4 port DB-9 male cable assembly.
- 4 port DB-25 male cable assembly.
- 2 port DB-9 board mounted connectors.
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| Control Signals |
RS485: TxD +/-, RxD +/-, RTS +/-, CTS +/-.
RS232: TxD, RxD, RTS, CTS, DCD, DTR, RI and DSR.
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| Baud Rates |
50 - 921.6 K baud |
| Resources |
All resources are assigned by the Plug and Play bios or a Plug and Play Operating system. |
| Transient Voltage Suppression |
EN61000-4 compatible on all signals, all ports.
40 Amps peak ( pulses 8/20us )
Transient Energy rating 0.1 Joules.
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| Dimensions |
8 port: Height: 10.5 cm Length: 17.0 cm Width: 1.5cm Weight: 0.12kg
4 port: Height: 10.5 cm Length: 12.0 cm Width: 1.5cm Weight: 0.10kg
2 port: Height: 9.5 cm Length: 12.0 cm Width: 1.5cm Weight: 0.10kg
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| Power Requirements |
- 8 port, +5V @ 500mA typical
- 4 port, +5V @ 375mA typical
- 2 port, +5V @ 300mA typical
All boards require +5 volts only.
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| Environmental Requirements |
Temperature: ( operating ): 0 - 70 degrees C
( storage ) : -65 - 150 degrees C
Humidity: 95% non-condensing
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| Bus |
33 MHz, 32 bit PCI with read and write FIFO buffers. |
| Regulatory Approvals |
FCC Class A
ICES-003
EN50082-2
EN55022 Class A
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| Software Compatibility |
QNX 4.2X, Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000, Windows 95/98/CE/Me/XP, Linux, SCO Unixware, coming soon ( Solaris ). |
| System Requirements |
one 32 bit PCI slot and standard bracket assembly |
* Note: PnP ( Plug and Play ) resources are automatically assigned
by the PCI BIOS or by Plug and Play Operating Systems like Windows 95/98/me/2000.
 Additional information about the DB-25 pinouts (PDF)
Catalogue entry
Product information from the manufacturer
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